Current Affairs Quiz: 23 September 2017

1. What is the name of the NGO that won the UN Equator Prize 2017 to empower over 20,000 women farmers from the impoverished Marathwada region in Maharashtra?
a. Swayam Shayata Prayog
b. Swayam Shram Prayog
c. Swayam Shikshan Prayog
d. None of these

2. Which state declared 2017 as the year of e-Pragati?

a. Madhya Pradesh

b. Andhra Pradesh

c. Maharashtra

d. Gujarat

3. Which state has become the first hill state in the country to run electric buses?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Uttrakhand
c. Jammu & Kashmir
d. None of these

4. Kalvari, the first of the six Scorpene submarines, is named after
a. Basking Shark
b. Hammerhead Shark
c. Bull Shark
d. Tiger Shark

5. Who has become the second woman to be inducted into the Council of Ministers of Mizoram after a period of 30 years?
a. Lalawampu Chawngthu
b. Lalawmpuii Chawngthu
c. Laliwmpuchi Chawnghthu
d. None of these

Current Affairs Quiz: 23 September 2017
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